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O'CONNOR'S COTTAGE
GARRYKENNEDY, CO. TIPPERARY
CENTRAL IRELAND
One of Home
At First’s top Ireland accommodations has the great advantages of a
central touring location and a setting just a couple hundred yards from 2 popular
traditional Irish music pubs. Oh, by the way, it’s one of the newest, best-appointed
vacation homes we have anywhere!
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THE ACCOMMODATION:
OConnors Cottage is a comfortable accommodation for up to 6 persons.
Newly built in 2001, OConnors Cottage has style, taste, and all the
modern conveniences. The two-story house is set on a good-sized lot
about one-half mile from the quaint hamlet of Garrykennedy and the Lough
Derg lakeside. While there are other new homes neighboring OConnors,
the immediate area has a quiet, rural character. |
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GROUND
FLOOR, O'CONNOR'S
COTTAGE, GARRYKENNEDY |
Inside, the cottage makes great use of bright woods and earth-toned
tiles to create a warm atmosphere. The open-plan kitchen, dining room,
and living room provide convenience and space. A roaring fire in the
living room fireplace cheers up the whole area. Also on the ground floor
are one of the cottages three double bedrooms, a bathroom with shower,
and a laundry room with washer/dryer.
Upstairs, the
cottage has two additional double bedrooms, plus a second bathroom (tub/shower). The
cottage comes with TV, telephone, fireplace, |
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furnishing, and a fully equipped, practical kitchen. The cottage has
central heating with registers in each room. Private, off-street parking is immediately beside the cottage. |
| THE LOCATION: Garrykennedy is little more
than two pubs (both offer live traditional Irish music evenings
throughout the summer months) and a marina on an inlet of Ireland’s largest lake,
Lough Derg. Lough Derg is part of the Shannon waterway, which extends from the Atlantic
Ocean east and north all the way to Northern Ireland. |
CISS
RYAN'S PUB, GARRYKENNEDY |
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LARKIN'S
PUB, GARRYKENNEDY |
Garrykennedy is in County Tipperary, the center of the Republic of Ireland. The region is
rural, scenic and historic. The land is hilly and wooded. There are many farms, most
concerned with dairy cows or sheep production. The landscape is dotted with small towns
and villages, each appearing more attractive than the last,
for Tipperary is a prosperous part of Ireland. |
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| ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE: Visitors see castles in all states of
repair, from ruined towers to privately owned palaces. They play golf,
too, locally in parkland courses, and on the easy to reach coasts at the famed
championship links courses. There’s hiking & biking on
trails that crisscross the varied landscape. And there’s good fishing in and around
Lough Derg and the Shannon. There’s good food here, hearty local Irish
food—steaks and salmon and lamb and potatoes and garden greens—as well fine
foods from the Continent and the ocean. |
LOUGH
DERG WAY HIKING &
BIKING ROUTES, GARRYKENNEDY |
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There is a wide variety of shops and restaurants. The market towns of Nenagh and Killaloe
are 15-minute drives from Garrykennedy, and both offer good shopping and eating choices. The small, historic city of Limerick is 30 minutes beyond Killaloe. Ireland’s capital
city and cultural center, Dublin, is 90 minutes northeast of
Nenagh. |
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RELIC
COTTAGE FROM IRELAND'S
TRAGIC PAST, GARRYKENNEDY |
TOURING: Tipperary’s central location makes it a great base from which most of
Ireland south of Northern Ireland, including coastal lands east, west,
and south may be explored in a series of long and short day trips. But Tipperary is itself
worthy of exploration. The region’s beauty, its friendly, welcoming residents, its
castles, golf courses, music, food, easy hiking, salmon
fishing, and many other attractions combine to provide Tipperary with the best of Ireland. |
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AVAILABILITY: For current availability information,
call HOME AT FIRST at
(800) 523-5842,
or contact us by e-mail at: info@homeatfirst.com |
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Get more
information about HOME AT FIRST's travel program to:
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IRELAND |
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